Education takes lion share of Buhari’s 2016 Budget

Presented Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N6.08 trillion to the National Assembly for the 2016 fiscal year.
The education sector will take the lion share of the budget presented to the National Assembly by Buhari himself.
The last two budgets under the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan were presented to the National Assembly by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
According to the breakdown of the budget, christened: “Budget of Change,” education gets a vote of N396 billion.
The health sector will get N296 billion, while defence has a vote of N294 billion.
Buhari told the Joint Session of the National Assembly: “But I promise the 2016 budget would address the problems.
“We are here to serve Nigeria and indeed Nigerians will get the services they have longed for.”
Buhari said no fewer than 500,000 teachers would be recruited.
He equally promised to pay attention to security, jobs and infrastructures.